Napier misfired on three shots in the final minute and went just 2-for-10 in the second half.

“I’m kind of upset the way I played in the second half, the way I ran the team in the second half,” Napier said.

-- Ollie kept encouraging his team to attack the zone. But the Huskies often settled for jump shots. They missed all 12 3-point attempts in the second half after sinking 6 of 10 in the first half.

“I just wish we had better ball movement, better threes, and wish we could’ve taken it to the rack a little more and got them in foul trouble,” Ollie said. “We settled tonight, and hopefully we can learn from this.”

-- The loss ended a 54-game home winning streak against non-conference opponents. Indiana was the last non-conference team to win here, scoring a 77-73 win on Jan. 20, 2007 at the XL Center.

-- In the match-up between two former Illinois high school basketball standouts, Stanford’s Chasson Randle (Rock Island) had the clear edge over Boatright (East Aurora), scoring a game-high 22 points. The two shared the Mr. Basketball of Illinois award in 2011.

-- UConn was out-rebounded for the fifth time in six games. Stanford held a 43-41 edge.

-- The final 20 minutes easily represented UConn’s lowest scoring half of the season. The Huskies had 29 in the second half of a 59-58 win overIndianaon Nov. 2.

-- Stanford coach Johnny Dawkins on defending UConn’s potent 3-point shooting attack: “I definitely give some credit to our defense. I thought we were very active. Did they miss some open looks? Absolutely.

“But it happens… especially when you’re applying pressure and guys are active and making plays. I thought it may have sped them up a little bit in the zone and we were able to continue to just lock in defensively for entire possessions.”

The Cardinal improved to 8-2.

-- The Huskies led by as many as 13 early in the second half but couldn’t hold on. After Napier’s layup gave his team a 49-48 lead with 7:58 left, the Huskies scored just one more basket the rest of the game.

-- UConn will board a flight toSeattleThursday morning. The Huskies play at Washington on Sunday afternoon. It will be their first true road game this season.